Today's News

Public meetings
Shelby County Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. Thursday at the central office on Main Street in Shelbyville.
Shelby County Fiscal Court meets at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Stratton Center, 215 Washington St. Tuesday.
Triple S. Planning and Zoning meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Stratton Center.
The Simpsonville City Commission meets 8:30 a.m. today at City Hall.

A Shelbyville woman remains in critical condition at the University of Louisville Hospital after being found viciously beaten and lying beside Mount Eden Road on Saturday.

Police determined that Denisse Escareno, 24, had been assaulted brutally, said Shelby County Sheriff’s Det. Jason Rice. Her assailant remains at large.

Escareno was found by passersby shortly before 3 p.m., near Lisby Lane, about two miles south of Interstate 64. She was taken by Shelby County EMS to Jewish Hospital Shelbyville and airlifted from there to UofL.

Collins' Karas sisters finished 1-2 at Saturday's Class 2A, Region 3 meet, but not in the order it has been most of this season.

Senior Caterina Karas beat her younger sister, seventh-grader Gabby, to win the 5,000-meter race on the Shelby County cross country course. Cat Karas finished in 19 minutes, 7.92 seconds, while Gabby was almost 8 seconds back in 19:15.65.

The Collins football team opened the Class 4A playoffs with a 49-0 mauling of Moore on Friday night at Robert Doyle Stadium.

Senior Michael Brooks scored three touchdowns, including one off an interception return, and rushed for 55 yards while also recording 12 tackles and one fumble recovery in the Titans' seventh straight victory.

Collins (9-2) will host Spencer County, which beat Doss 20-8 tonight, in a second-round playoff matchup next Friday night. The Titans beat the Bears 21-0 in Taylorsville on Sept. 23.

A $64,000 grant from WHAS Crusade for Children helps Shelby County Public Schools purchase technology assistance equipment for students with special needs. For example, at Wright Elementary, James Robinson left the classroom with an instructional assistant carrying an IPad purchased with WHAS grant monies. He knew exactly how to turn it on, retrieve a story, turn on the sound and flip the screen to read a book out loud for him and a kindergarten buddy.

West Middle principal Lorri Stivers (front row) turned to look at Simpsonville Elementary fifth-graders who vow to go to middle school on or above grade level in reading and math. Their vow is based on Simpsonville's 100 academic index and the T-shirts they were wearing: Simpsonville Bobcats + West Middle Warriors + Collins Titans = College and Career Ready.

Students new to the school enjoy eating a pizza lunch and getting to know the staff and each other at the “newcomers luncheon,” held each month at Clear Creek Elementary. This seems to help ease the transition of coming into a new school and making new friends. Marty Overstreet, counselor, chats with the students over pizza.